Thedifferentialdiagnosisofasolitarypulmonarynoduleisbroadandmanagementdependsonwhetherthelesionisbenignormalignant.孤立性肺结节的鉴别诊断是很多的,处理方法依赖于该病变是良性还是恶性InthisoverviewwewilldiscusssomeofthenewfeaturesthatcanhelptodifferentiatebetweenbenignandmalignantnodulesbaseduponCTandPET-CTfindings.在此篇文章,我们着重讨论下一些有助于鉴别良恶性结节的新特征,此特征是基于CT与PET-CT的检查结果第一页,共三十页。CT:benignversusCT:benignversusmalignantmalignantCalcificationSizeGrowthShapeMarginAirBronchogramsignSolidandGround-glasscomponentsContrastenhancement第二页,共三十页。CT:CT:良性与恶性良性与恶性钙化大小生长速度形状边缘支气管含气征实性或磨玻璃样增强特征第三页,共三十页。CalcificationCalcification钙化钙化Diffuse,central,laminatedorpopcorncalcificationsarebenignpatternsofcalcification.弥漫性,中心性,分层,爆米花钙化是良性钙化,第四页,共三十页。Thesetypesofcalcificationareseeningranulomatousdiseaseandhamartomas这些形式的钙化最常见于错构瘤、肉芽肿性病变第五页,共三十页。Theexceptiontotheruleaboveiswhenpatientsareknowntohaveaprimarytumor.Forinstancethediffusecalcificationpatterncanbeseeninpatientswithosteosarcomaorchondrosarcoma.SimilarlythecentralandpopcornpatterncanbeseeninpatientswithGI-tumorsandpatientswhopreviouslyhadchemotherapy.一些病人有原发肿瘤病史,可以表现为良性钙化例如骨肉瘤、软骨肉瘤可以表现弥漫性钙化。胃肠间质瘤的病人化疗后可以表现为中心性或苞米花钙化。第六页,共三十页。SizeSize大小大小Asolitarypulmonarynodule(SPN)isdefinedasasingleintraparenchymallesionlessthan3cminsizeandnotassociatedwithatelectasisorlymphadenopathy.Alesiongreaterthan3cmindiameteriscalledamass.孤立性结节定义为小于3cm,不伴有肺不张、淋巴结转移,大于3cm的为肿块Thisdistinctionismade,becauselesionsgreaterthan3cmareusuallymalignant,whilesmallerlesionscanbeeitherbenignormalignant.以3cm为界,因为大于3cm的通常是恶性的,而小于3cm的可能是良性或恶性。第七页,共三十页。RelationshipbetweenSPN-RelationshipbetweenSPN-sizeand...